CCZT Contributors
CCZT Overview
Developers
Michael J Herndon
IT Senior Compliance Manager, Bayer A.G.
Dr. Matthew Meersman
Principal Cyber Security Engineer at MITRE & PhD Student
Jacob Kline
Principal Cyber Architecture and Resiliency Engineer at MITRE
Successful exploitation of the United States by ever increasingly sophisticated cyber adversaries continues to accelerate and adversely impact American lives. Jacob Kline’s current pursuit is to maneuver the Department of the Air Force into the adoption of a Zero Trust Architecture, enabling the Warfighter to securely access data anytime and anywhere, and enhancing the DAF’s ability to project power over the adversaries of the United States...
Vani Murthy
Sr. Information Security Compliance Advisor, Akamai Technologies
Vani has 20+ years of IT experience in the areas such as Security, Risk, Compliance, Cloud services (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS) architecture
Prasad T
Head - Information Security at Verse Innovation
Sky Hackett
Senior Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services
Abhishek R. Singh
Co-Founder and CEO, Araali Networks
Michael Roza
Risk, Audit, Control and Compliance Professional at EVC
Michael Roza is a seasoned risk, audit, control and compliance, and cybersecurity professional with over 20 years of experience across multinational enterprises and startups. As a Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Research member for over 10 years, he has led and contributed to more than 140 CSA projects spanning Zero Trust, AI, IoT, Top Threats, DecSecOps, Cloud Key Management, Cloud Control Matrix, and many others.
He has co-chaired...
Simon Johnson
Security Design Engineer at Direct Line Group
Editors
Gordon Moreau
Information Security Architect at W.W. Grainger, Inc.
Arif Hameed
Chief Information Security Officer at C&R Software
Raul Paolo Miranda
Vice President at (ISC)2 Singapore
Heinrich Smit
CISO at Linked Systems & Risk Management at Semperis
Heinrich is a recognized Information Protection and Zero Trust expert who started out in Law, and pivoted to his love of technology during the Tech Boom. He has led teams at software innovators and large financial institutions, has authored entire Information Security Policy stores, and has protected data at both 280,000 seat regulated enterprises and SAAS-based startup unicorns. He is passionate about Privacy and Zero Trust, as well as Def...
Saurabh Singh
Deputy General Manager at HCL Technologies
Jaye Tillson
Director of Strategy at Axis Security
Vinay Dubey
Journey Expert (Cloud Data, Security & GRC) at ANZ
Kim Woodbeck
Supplier Management and Risk Lead at Common Securitization Solutions
Amit Sharma
Senior Consultant Cyber Security at HCL Technologies
Satyavathi Divadari
Global Head of Enterprise Security Architecture at OpenText
Ray Ellis
Global Head of Enterprise Security Architecture at Philip Morris International
Patrick Biselela Kabongo
Senior Cybersecurity Advisor
Ashwindi Siddhi
Sr. Principal Product Security Advisor, Dell Technologies
Johny Gasser
Strategist & Business Advisor – Cyber Security and Risk Management at Orange Business
Soontorn Sirapaisan
Information Security Research Team Leader at National Electronics and Computer Technology Center
Omar Guzman
Lead Cyber Threat Intelligence Engineer at Central Bank of the Dominican Republic
Thanos Vrachnos
Cyber Security Consultant at SpearIT
Sanjeev Gupta
Director - Cloud Assurance Programs at CPG Singapore
Alexander Stein
IT Cybersecurity Specialist, NIST
Sangram Rath
Founder & Cloud Architect at OD10 Ventures
Sowrirajan Padmanabhan
Senior Product Manager
Noah Gray
Solution Architecture Director at PwC
Peter Holcomb
Director, Information Security at eMed Digital Healthcare
John C. Checco
Chief Information Security Officer at Proofpoint
Mehmet Gulyurt
Systems Engineer at Palo Alto Networks
Moshe Ferber
Chairman at Cloud Security Alliance, Israel
Ryan Green
Director at RMG Cyber Consulting
Mohamed Elaarag
Director Risk Advisory at Deloitte Canada
Ahmed Magdy
Cybersecurity Senior Manager at Sky Deutschland GmbH
Bharat K. Aggarwal
Associate Director (GRC) at Birlasoft
Brad Voris
Information Security Architect at Walmart Global Technology
Vaibhav Sharma
AVP Cyber Security, TÜV SÜD
Vaibhav is working in industrial cyber security from last 18 years. Senior Member for ISA Working Groups and standard committee. Strengths in Cloud security, risk Advisory Consulting, Operation Risk Assessments, program management, design & implementation specialist for project controls.
Strong industry experience with technical, communication & delivery skills in green field, brown field & migrations project acro...
Alex Sharpe
Managing Director at Sharpe42
Biography: Mr. Sharpe is a long-time (+30 years) Cybersecurity, Governance, and Digital Transformation expert with real-world operational experience. Mr. Sharpe has run business units and has influenced national policy. He teaches Governance of AI and Resilience at the graduate level and is supporting the implementation of the resilience recommendations (PCAST report) made to the President. He has spent much of his career helping corporatio...
Gustavo Vallejo
Professor, EALDE Business School
Reviewers
Dr. Mike S. Vo
Executive Officer & Enterprise Solutions Architect at MSQV, LLC
Shruti Kulkarni
Information Security Architect, Elexon
I am a security professional with experience across various domains of security. I work in defining organisation’s security strategy, security architecture and security practices. Translating business objectives and risk management strategies into specific security processes enabled by security technologies and services. I work on gap analysis, design, implementation and...
Lulu Hernandez Walker
Senior Manager in IT Advisory at Weaver
Ken Underhill
Co-Founder at Cyber Life
Diego López
Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Consultant & Auditor at Deloitte
Simon Wong
Associate Partner, Cybersecurity at EY
Ali Iskili
Systems Security Engineering Manager at Aselsan
Wisnu Tejasukmana
Cloud Security Architect at SLB
Ajay Chandramouly
Director at Oracle
Mehmet Gulyurt
Systems Engineer at Palo Alto Networks
Vana Khurana
Sr. Security Architect, Specialist at Amazon Web Services
Vana Khurana is Board Member and Director of Training at Cloud Security Alliance Delaware Valley Chapter. She also has a day job as Cloud Security Architect at a leading financial firm. In addition, she is a speaker, a mentor, and influencer and Professor Adjunct at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. She holds CCSK, CCSP, CISSP, GSEC, AWS Architect, and TOGAF certifications. She loves the economy and growth of the public cloud and its c...
Dr. Victor Monga
vCISO, Virtually Testing Foundation
Dr. Victor Monga is a seasoned cybersecurity executive and technologist with over 21 years of experience building and leading security programs across Fortune 500 companies, U.S. government entities, defense contractors, and mid-sized organizations. He currently serves at Virtually Testing Foundation and has held key security leadership roles at the U.S. Air Force contractor ecosystem, major film studios, VMware, and Palo Alto Networks.
Bernard Tan
Director for Government Cybersecurity Consulting, GovTech
Bernard is a Director in GovTech leading the GovTech Cybersecurity consultancy team to provide risk based consultancy services to architect the cybersecurity of Nationwide and Governmentwide strategic projects.
Through his 16 years in the public sector, he has undertaken various cybersecurity roles and projects in areas of Homeland security. He held key roles such as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Head of Information se...
Lenard Vega
Corporate DevSecOps Lead at Credicorp
Lars Ruddigkeit
Senior ICT-System Architect Secure Access Architecture, SBB CFF FFS
As a Cyber Cloud Security Executive with 15+ years of global experience, I'm known for transforming enterprise cybersecurity postures while enabling business innovation through secure cloud and AI adoption. My expertise bridges cloud security complexity with practical business outcomes that executives can understand and support.
Bill Izzo
Director, Cloud Security Governance at Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation
Innovative leader with a strong technical and business background with a track record of success across multiple technology domains and markets. Senior business management and technical leadership experience in the DOD, Private, and Government sectors. Years of experience in the management of medium to large network and systems engineering teams with significant experience in the management of large multi-million dollar data com...
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Eric Peeters
Senior Manager at Weaver
Robert D. Morris
Lead Cyber Security Architect at MITRE
A cybersecurity expert with 16 years of experience ranging from incident response, forensics, solution engineering, risk management, compliance, security architecture, and leadership in industries such as high-tech, defense contracting, and public sector.
Dimitris Maketas
Senior Project Manager
Genesio Di Sabatino
SASE Technical Leader at BeDisruptive
Liz Jaluague
Senior Security Engineer at Driven (by Purpose Unlimited)
Prasad T
Head - Information Security at Verse Innovation
Peter van Eijk
Head Coach at ClubCloudComputing.com
Dr. Peter van Eijk is one of the world's most experienced cloud trainers. He offers CCSK as an instructor-led online course, as well as in-person. He is an authorized CSA CCSK (since 2011) and (ISC)2 CCSP trainer with a passion to make you more effective in your work.
Rich Phillips
Enterprise and Security Architect at Worldwide Technology
Reema Parappilly
Partner, IT Advisory Services at Weaver & Tidwell, LLP
Paul Simmonds
CEO at Global Identity Foundation & Board Member of CSA UK Chapter
Paul is the CEO of the Global Identity Foundation and formerly the global CISO of AstraZeneca, ICI and prior to that Motorola Cellular Infrastructure. He is twice listed as one of Network World’s “most powerful people in networking”. He is a director of the Cloud Security Alliance (Europe), co-founded the Jericho Forum, and sits on the advisory boards of a number of global tech companies.
Desmond Cher
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer
Tommy Pigeon
Associate Director at CrossCountry Consulting
Rishi Sharma
Red Team Engineer at Virtually Testing Foundation
Raghvendra Singh
Head, Cloud Security CoE at Tata Consultancy Services
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Alberto Manfredi
President and Chapter Leader, CSA Italy
MSc in Computer Science from the University of Milan with the highest marks and honors, he has been working in the Information Technology market for over 30 years, of which more than 20 in the field of Cyber and Information Security. Since 2002 he has been working at Leonardo SpA, where in recent years he has held the role of Divisional CISO and Senior Advisor in the Corporate Security function. Currently he is working in the Cyber & ...
Xavier Alonso Llauca Uchupailla
Cloud Security Engineer
Kevin Davies
Principal Security Consultant at Cognizant
Rajat Agrawal
Senior Consultant at Clevigour Solutions
Marcus Maxwell
Director - Consulting | Security at Cognizant
Didier Santos
Information Security Officer
Roman Mesa Martinez
Cybersecurity & Cloud Director at Meta-Data
Collin Brown
Senior Consultant, Cyber Security at Bell Canada
Shankar Chebrolu
Director of Security Architecture, Red Hat
Eyal Estrin
Author, Cloud Security Architect at Undisclosed
Sreekumar S
Vice President Cybersecurity Services at HCL Technologies
Nicolas Grzesitchak
Cloud Security Engineer at SAP
Stuart Shull
IT Specialist at United States Department of Agriculture
Miguel Angel Arenas
Manager, GRC at Thomson Reuters